A lesson on what not to do to, I hope TPU learns from sites like Ars Technica

[Space Lynx]

TPU is great, don't fix what isn't broken, which is exactly what Ars Technica did, their new website launched today and is atrocious. Ars Technica is now a horrible doom scroll experience on mobile with giant blocks to show just one article (before I could see all articles with half a scroll down), desktop Ars Technica is just as bad now too. It was perfect before in smaller block, everything has been giant inflated... lots of wasted space. Before I could glance at 9 different articles quickly to see what interested me, now its down to 5 or 6 max, and even those 5 or 6 take more to figure out what's going on with them cause of the formatting being so strange.

Polygon gaming website did something similar too, Polygon was perfect grid no wasted space, and they changed it a few weeks ago and its a mess to look at now.

Lesson of the day, don't fix what isn't broken, so many sites need to learn this basic fact.

 

[W1zzard]

not gonna happen

if you're complaining about the downtime tonight? it was broken and if it's not getting fixed it's never coming back online

 

[azrael]

TPU is great, don't fix what isn't broken, which is exactly what Ars Technica did, their new website launched today and is atrocious. Ars Technica is now a horrible doom scroll experience on mobile with giant blocks to show just one article (before I could see all articles with half a scroll down), desktop Ars Technica is just as bad now too. It was perfect before in smaller block, everything has been giant inflated... lots of wasted space. Before I could glance at 9 different articles quickly to see what interested me, now its down to 5 or 6 max, and even those 5 or 6 take more to figure out what's going on with them cause of the formatting being so strange.

Polygon gaming website did something similar too, Polygon was perfect grid no wasted space, and they changed it a few weeks ago and its a mess to look at now.

Lesson of the day, don't fix what isn't broken, so many sites need to learn this basic fact.

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It's because we all access web sites via our tablets these days. You know, just like with Windows 8, which was a huge success ....oh, wait!

 

[Space Lynx]

It's because we all access web sites via our tablets these days. You know, just like with Windows 8, which was a huge success ....oh, wait!

now that you mention it, their new format actually would suit tablets and windows 8 very well.... sigh I love Ars Technica, very good company that has great journalism, but yeah don't fix what isn't broken from a technical aspect

 

[KrazyT]

TPU is great, don't fix what isn't broken, which is exactly what Ars Technica did, their new website launched today and is atrocious. Ars Technica is now a horrible doom scroll experience on mobile with giant blocks to show just one article (before I could see all articles with half a scroll down), desktop Ars Technica is just as bad now too. It was perfect before in smaller block, everything has been giant inflated... lots of wasted space. Before I could glance at 9 different articles quickly to see what interested me, now its down to 5 or 6 max, and even those 5 or 6 take more to figure out what's going on with them cause of the formatting being so strange.

And ... what if other people like the new design ?

 

[Space Lynx]

And ... what if other people like the new design ?

this is completely fine, I am sure people do otherwise they would not have changed it, the desktop new design is not terrible, I will say that - but the mobile one going from 6-8 articles at a time down to 1 in a giant block, that one I struggle to understand how anyone likes being changed.

 

[Vayra86]

And ... what if other people like the new design ?

Screw them, simple.

I'm not even kidding. This ultra low info density bullshit has to stop. Its all part of the Great Plan to get us addicted and stupid.

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12 Dark Patterns in UX Design [And How To Avoid Them]

What are dark patterns and how do they work? Here are 12 types of deceptive UX, how they work, and what to do instead!

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Deceptive Patterns (aka Dark Patterns) - spreading awareness since 2010

The original website about deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) - tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something.

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Infinite scroll and all those other nice tricks are also dark patterns. They're designed to keep you on the website longer. So now you know why everyone's copying this bullshit. Its not because 'we like it' or because its somehow better. Its a path that leads to misdirection and info overload, so you start doing things you'd not do if you were acting sane.